Pacific Edge announces appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Pacific Edge is pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Rankin as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 17 November 2014.

Kate will join Pacific Edge from Spark New Zealand (formerly Telecom New Zealand Limited) where she has been Senior Finance Performance Manager and Member of the International Leadership Team. Prior to Spark, Kate was Team Leader and Legal Entity Controller at Deutsche Bank in London.

Commenting on the appointment, Pacific Edge Chief Executive Officer David Darling says "We are very pleased to have someone of Kate's calibre taking up this role. Kate will bring international business experience, finance and leadership skills to further build the capability of the Company's senior management team and Kate's corporate business experience in the USA, Asia and UK will be of particular relevance as Pacific Edge looks to further commercialise its molecular diagnostic technology including Cxbladder, in those markets."

Kate is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a graduate of the University of Otago.